Cairnlea

In Cairnlea, 70% of people spoke a language other than English at home in 2011.

Cairnlea's language statistics show the proportion of the population who speak a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.

Cairnlea's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011 (Usual residence data)Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Change in language spoken at home, 2006 to 2011

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2006 and 2011 (Usual residence data)Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id, the population experts.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language spoken at home by the population of Cairnlea in 2011 compared to City of Brimbank shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 25.5% of the population spoke English only, and 70.0% spoke a non-English language, compared with 37.9% and 56.2% respectively for City of Brimbank.

The dominant language spoken at home, other than English, in Cairnlea was Vietnamese, with 25.9% of the population, or 2,288 people speaking this language at home.

The major differences between the languages spoken at home for the population of Cairnlea and City of Brimbank in 2011 were:

A larger percentage speaking Vietnamese at home (25.9% compared to 14.2%)

A larger percentage speaking Filipino/Tagalog at home (6.3% compared to 2.7%)

A larger percentage speaking Cantonese at home (5.1% compared to 2.4%)

A smaller percentage speaking Greek at home (1.3% compared to 3.2%)

Emerging groups

Between 2006 and 2011, the number of people who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 2,065 or 50.2%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 562 or 33.3%.

The largest changes in the spoken languages of the population in Cairnlea between 2006 and 2011 were for those speaking:

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